The value of ideas

Ideas are called “ideas” because they’re just ideas. You can’t log in to an idea. You can’t sign up for an idea. You can’t use an idea as collateral against a loan. You can’t trade idea stocks on the Nasdaq. You can’t carry idea currency in your wallet. You can’t deposit an idea in a bank. You can’t lend ideas. You can’t lease ideas. You can’t pay someone in ideas. You can’t sell an idea. You can’t buy an idea. You can’t lose an idea. You can’t steal an idea.

Nothing

The total value of all the ideas in all the world is nothing. A man with a million ideas has no wealth. But the man that applies his talents, connections, assets, efforts, knowledge and savvy to an idea to make value can generate wealth. The difference between the man that keeps his ideas to himself and James Kennedy, the man that let his idea go, is that James has a business and other guy still has an idea.